Netflix releases first look images from the fifth series of The Crown — with this series debuting a brand new cast led by Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II. This series focuses on the 1990s, a crazy decade for the British royal family as they lurched from one often self-created crisis to another. Pre-social media,… New look, new images: series 5 of The Crown Read More
Clarkson’s Farm (TV series, season 1) 4.5 stars
A Year in the life of Jeremy Clarkson’s Cotswolds farm, which he takes on when his tenant farmer decides to retire. Want to know how to become a millionaire? Start off a billionaire and buy a 1000-acre arable farm in England. Or you could win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, the very quiz show… Clarkson’s Farm (TV series, season 1) Read More
Chapter 1 recap: Tractoring (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy buys a massive, very flash Lamborghini R8 tractor. Everyone tells him it’s too big. It’s 10 tons with 40 forward and… Chapter 1 recap: Tractoring (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 2 recap: Sheeping (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Three hundred acres on Jeremy’s farm are uncultivated meadows, with DEFRA paying him not to grow crops on it. Rather than undertake… Chapter 2 recap: Sheeping (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 3 recap: Shopping (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy visits his local farm shop, the very posh Daylesford. He buys everything for a Ploughman’s lunch for him and Kaleb and… Chapter 3 recap: Shopping (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 4 recap: Wilding (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) In 30 years, insect numbers have dropped by 25%. The loss of ancient woodlands, and fields becoming larger so they can be… Chapter 4 recap: Wilding (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 5 recap: Pan(dem)icking
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) It’s February 2020. Jeremy is preparing for lambing season, and they’ve built a lambing barn. But soon the news is full of… Chapter 5 recap: Pan(dem)icking Read More
Chapter 6 recap: Melting (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy has already been faced with torrential rains for weeks, followed by long dry spells. He has planted sunflowers, pumpkins and sweetcorn,… Chapter 6 recap: Melting (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 7 recap: Fluffing (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) There are jobs to be completed before harvest time arrives. Jeremy gets to work on his and Lisa’s new water bottling plant,… Chapter 7 recap: Fluffing (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 8 recap: Harvesting (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy relates a typical very busy day, though it is also the quiet before the storm: wake up at 8.30, coffee… Chapter 8 recap: Harvesting (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Episode 3 re-cap: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
Very spoilery. Also check out my review, my article on the ending and order of deaths, the episode 1 re-cap and episode 2 re-cap. Knocker returns to the garage, and finds the weapon Bowler Hat Man used to injure him. Bobby scribbles a note and hides it under the passenger sun visor in the Nicholsons’… Episode 3 re-cap: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? Read More
Episode 2 re-cap: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
Very spoilery. Also check out my review, my article on the ending and order of deaths, the episode 1 re-cap and episode 3 re-cap. Dr Thomas’s funeral is held, with Bobby a pallbearer. The policeman doesn’t believe Bobby that it wasn’t suicide, despite the lack of a note, mentioning the death of John Savage —… Episode 2 re-cap: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? Read More